Wanna see pics of cars painted with single stage paint. Pearls, metallics or solid post em up!!!

 

This was the first time I ever sprayed it and the first ENTIRE car I sprayed. I probably sprayed about 10 individual panels prior to this and I blended rear quarter panel damage on the EM2 in the background. It had some driver quarter damage just after the door. I blended that halfway into the driver door and halfway up the C pillar...that's base/clear though.

It's a GM 03 Metallic green. I was surprised by the quality once sprayed honestly, but it doesn't offer the "touch up" flexibility a base\clear offers when spraying the base. This car was a RUST monster and we probably only have 450.00 in the whole job...all metal rust repair with jams and all. Bodywork isn't perfect, and there were a few little dings I could've repaired that I didn't. We had two days before my bro left the state to get it done...it came out good though.

 

That came out real good. What supplies and materials you use?

 

I'd have to look, I don't really remember to be honest. That was in the summer and I have since closed my shop (pictured). A lot of things are in storage now.

If you REALLY want to know, I can stop at my storage on my way home one day and take a look. It was Omni primer with another brand of paint, but stuff that was known to be compatible. It was pretty budget though. I recall all the paint, primer, hardners, filters, sticks and cups being like 238.00.

We used a typical semi-good quality filler (from Franks Auto parts) and did use fiberglass in two spots where the filler would've had to be over 1/16th thick.

Believe me, I'm no body/paint man...and I don't claim to be. I can spray something I guess, and do the body work I suppose but I don't claim to know what the f*ck I'm doing compared to someone that does this for a living or even a serious hobby. My shop focused on fab (avatar) but I had the space/equipment to paint so I did. No paying jobs though.

I basically went to the paint store and said, I want a single stage...something descent and I need everything necessary to paint the car. He handed me some urethane primer (I believe), hardner, and the paint, which I reduced with omni stuff. The trick to painting doesn't seem to be anything more than prep and good gun setup and of course a descent air supply. It's a lot easier than most people think in order to do an acceptable job.

Funny thing is, in the last picture you can see how I missed the bottom of the car...lol. In this pic the jams weren't done though, and we had enough time, so I pulled the car in, painted the jams and finished the bottom..haha. I had the car on jack stands, but couldn't see due to overspray in the air and poor lighting. I love flourescent, but hate halogens.